INFLATION QUICKENS TO 2.5 PERCENT IN JUNE AS GOV'T LOOSENS VIRUS LOCKDOWNS MANILA — Inflation accelerated for the first time this year in June as the economy began to come out of strict lockdowns, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported on Tuesday.
INDIA, CHINA START PARTIALLY PULLING BACK FROM GALWAN VALLEY Twenty days after the deadly clash between Indian and Chinese troops at Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), there is a minor breakthrough as both sides have started to pull back from the flashpoint.
XI VOWS CLOSER TIES WITH GHANA, MONGOLIA China will deepen cooperation with Ghana in various fields under the joint construction of the Belt and Road and within the framework of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.
AS SOON AS SC OPENS, LAW PROFESSORS FIRE PETITIONS VS ANTI-TERRORISM LAW MANILA — As soon as the Supreme Court opened its gates on Monday morning — the first weekday since President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 — law professors trooped to the tribunal
FIRE AT IRAN'S NATANZ NUCLEAR FACILITY CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE,SAYS SPOKESMAN A fire at Iran's underground Natanz nuclear facility has caused significant damage that could slow the development of advanced centrifuges used to enrich uranium, an Iranian nuclear official said on Sunday.
NEW SURGE IN THE SOUTH PROPELS INDIA TO NO. 3 IN TOTAL CASES India overtook Russia on Sunday evening to become the country with the third largest caseload of novel coronavirus infection in the world. Only the United States and Brazil now have more infections than India.
XI HAILS COMMUNITY OF SHARED FUTURE WITH CAMBODIA President Xi Jinping on Friday hailed the China-Cambodia community with a shared future as unbreakable as the nations have supported and closely coordinated with each other while making concerted efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. &nbs
AFTER HK, US & CHINA SPAR OVER PLA DRILLS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA China on Friday rejected criticism by the US defence department of its plan to hold military exercises in the South China Sea, and suggested that Washington was to blame for increased tensions in the region. The Pentagon sa
DUTERTE SIGNS ANTI-TERRORISM BILL MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the anti-terrorism bill into law, days after the Department of Justice and the Office of the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel submitted their recommendations on the proposal, which human rights groups war
PM GOES TO LADAKH In a strong message to Beijing, and also to boost the morale of troops deployed along the LAC, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Ladakh Friday morning and directly addressed the soldiers there.
